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. 2015 Oct 24;13:34. doi: 10.1186/s12971-015-0058-3

Table 2.

Adolescents' snus use by their smoking and attitudes towards smoking (N = 183,226)

Smoking (%) Attitudes towards smoking (%)
Current smoker Not currently Not at all p-value Yes, I accept the use Else p-value
Comprehensive (n = 99,597)
  Boys (all) 27 15 58 65 35
   Current snus user 71 18 11 <0.001 88 12 <0.001
   Never tried or once 20 14 66 61 39
  Girls (all) 28 13 59 65 35
   Current snus user 88 9 3 <0.001 96 4 <0.001
   Never tried or once 27 13 60 64 36
Upper secondary (n = 46,644)
  Boys (all) 28 16 56 74 26
   Current snus user 65 22 13 <0.001 90 10 <0.001
   Never tried or once 18 15 67 70 30
  Girls (all) 31 15 54 71 29
   Current snus user 75 17 8 <0.001 92 8 <0.001
   Never tried or once 30 15 55 71 29
Vocational school (n = 36,985)
  Boys (all) 51 15 34 82 18
   Current snus user 79 14 7 <0.001 92 8 <0.001
   Never tried or once 42 15 43 79 21
  Girls (all) 54 16 30 84 16
   Current snus user 89 9 2 <0.001 96 4 <0.001
   Never tried or once 53 16 31 84 16

Comparisons in each school type, by gender; statistical evaluation was done by chi-square test